Crime & Courts

Investigation after death at Onion Lake RCMP

A 19-year-old man from Lloydminster was pronounced dead yesterday after he was found unconscious in the cell area at the Onion Lake RCMP detachment.According to a media release from the Saskatchewan R...

Oct 13, 2019 (File photo/JPBG Staff)

Changes in the works for distracted driving fines

It seems many drivers in Saskatchewan aren't getting the message when it comes to distracted driving and staying off their cellphones in their vehicles.According to SGI, distracted driving is the No. ...

Oct 09, 2019 Saskatoon traffic officers pull over distracted drivers near 38th Street and Idylwyld Drive on March 7, 2018. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)

Southern Alberta man files counterclaim against intruder he shot in 2018

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who is being sued by an intruder he shot on his property last year has filed a counterclaim alleging mental anguish. Court documents filed on behalf of Edouard Ma...

Oct 08, 2019

Band funds used to pay for SUV and personal trips, according to testimony at Mercredi fraud trial

A former northern Saskatchewan chief is accused of using his band's economic development money to purchase a vehicle over $25,000 in 2011.This was some of the evidence introduced on day one of the Nap...

Oct 07, 2019 Napoleon Mercedi, left, seen leaving Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench with his lawyer Garth Bendig. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Melfort RCMP looking for culprit in mischief incident

Melfort RCMP are looking for a suspect in connection to a mischief in the city.On Saturday, September 28, between 5:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m., a man was seen on video surveillance walking around Luke's Ya...

Oct 07, 2019 The suspect was seen walking around Luke's Yard Maintenance early in the morning on September 28. (submitted photo/Melfort RCMP)

"I didn't see any pictures of him without him smiling," says friend planning special tribute

Friends and family of the late "Buck" Borson will gather Friday night at the Candle Lake Curling Club to share their favourite memories of the man who was small in stature, but big in heart.The "celeb...

Oct 04, 2019 (Rick Valcourt/Facebook)

Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...

Sep 28, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...

Sep 27, 2019

RCMP confirm arrest in Candle Lake

There are still many more questions than answers following a popular store manager's death this week in Candle Lake. paNOW has learned a man who knew Tom Borson was arrested hours after Borson's death...

Sep 27, 2019 (submitted photo/Gord Cowan)

"At this time, any type of foul play cannot be discounted or confirmed": RCMP on store manager's death

The cause of a man's death Monday in the Resort Village of Candle Lake remains unknown and there has been no timeline suggested by the RCMP when the small community may get some answers.An autopsy was...

Sep 26, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Gord Cowan)